We've rounded up some of the best events happening all over the country this long weekend.

A tornado has devastated a farming station near Gisborne, taking out sheds and injuring at least one farm dog believed to have been picked up and dumped. Craig Ferris "huddled in a ball" in the corner of his carport...

The bitterly cold southerly which hit New Zealand this week is retreating, but widespread frosts are taking its place.

A call to ban energy drink cans featuring overt sexual messages has been made by the National Council of Women.

A "happy-go-lucky little boy" who suffered severe head, face and arm injuries when he was mauled...

There's nothing quite like a weekend of incredible food and wine to wash away the blues.

How best to find the pick of the bunch after a tough harvest.

Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.

Kiwi surfer Sarah Mason won the ASP girls pro junior France final over Australian Dimity Stoyle at Les Bourdaines at the weekend.

We baby boomers seem hell-bent on dashing off around the world gaining notches in our money belts. Everyone has been, or is going, to Europe or Asia.

Coach Graham Henry doesn't like seeing the All Blacks doctor's number come up on his phone.